NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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- norse mythology (mythology) original xianxia cultivation western cultivation ask sirihand did your mother tell you anything? discussion pleases yggdrasil farming gloating gets people killed granary management hubris is a coward's word you will die norsemen do not die when they are killed the qm has a bad memory the qm is bad at math viking courtroom drama (legal drama) vikings
[X] Plan Dwarven Studies
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It's always possible, Halla might just be misinterpreting it based on what she's learned from the Bible.
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True! Though I dunno what other tradition it would be from.
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It's also possible that it isn't a recreation at all and in this setting they were just able to keep dividing the fish.
In this setting, Jesus is probably a founder of a cultivation tradition, derived from Jewish cultivation. His followers being able to do similar feats makes sense. The OTL idea of miracles being directly from God (of which Jesus is part) and thus beyond the ability of mortals to use just doesn't quite apply in a world where priests can throw fireballs. I would bet resurrection is beyond the ability of lesser cultivators though. It's the biggy.
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Maybe they bred the fish for more multiplying fish.
Humans are practical creatures you know.
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It's a combat action, so it comes alive and we have to fight it. Unlike the sparring options it will likely not pull its punches and we have literally no idea how badass it is. We may eventually do it, but not while we have other, more useful, combat actions potentially available (I'd rather have a serious spar with Abjorn or one of our friends, or go kill the remaining bandits...either/or really).
And that's just the combat actions I'd prioritize over it, never mind the non-combat ones.
And that's just the combat actions I'd prioritize over it, never mind the non-combat ones.
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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I don't know where this idea came from, because it's not necessarily true.
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Interesting. Everything we know about the sack body (seems to be a disposable assassin sent after the fallen meteor, probably only accepts commands in Chinese) means I'm still pretty sure we need to fight it, but it's useful to know that the action category doesn't mean that going forward.
Still two pages to go through, but wow, you were on a roll Imperial Fister!
Now, the comments!!!!
Bruh on the human cloak though.
FINALLY!!!!
We should definitely talk with the witch as well. Perhaps ask her why she is here?
Just... Just how can Horra be this horrible?
Are the fish alive? Or do the need magic to grow and multiply? Do they go bad?
We should probably present our case as soon as we can now too, I think.
Perhaps a trick to convey what we saw better? A "trust me bro, I am not lying" trick is..... Iffy, and kinda redundant what with the truth telling rituals that will be going on.
Do we also pack Orthstirr and Odr into sageseeker's reforging to give it it's own pools of both?
Oh, right, Imperial Foster, could we have stolen the machine later if we went to watch the duel?
Now, the comments!!!!
Hm.... Could his steel ridled body be used for flesh/shapecrafting?
... I always found multi pupils neat for some reason.
Bruh on the human cloak though.
Ooooh, I should read on that then, sounds interesting.
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FINALLY!!!!
We should definitely talk with the witch as well. Perhaps ask her why she is here?
Wow.
Just... Just how can Horra be this horrible?
*Unintelligible cackling*
Are the fish alive? Or do the need magic to grow and multiply? Do they go bad?
Witch talk, I think, should be one.... But we'll, that's a visit.
We should probably present our case as soon as we can now too, I think.
Perhaps a trick to convey what we saw better? A "trust me bro, I am not lying" trick is..... Iffy, and kinda redundant what with the truth telling rituals that will be going on.
Do we also pack Orthstirr and Odr into sageseeker's reforging to give it it's own pools of both?
Oh, right, Imperial Foster, could we have stolen the machine later if we went to watch the duel?
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I think we still need to stack the deck more. We need to get the stuff from his sanctum if we want to be sure of this, and we very much want to be sure before we go to court.
That seems to run into Blackhand's reluctance to do mind control stuff, but we could give it a try if people are up for taking a die away from our Hamr focus going forward (not this turn, too many things to finish up, but we could start on it next turn fairly readily).
Orthstirr doesn't seem to do that, and we are in fact putting in Odr, though I'm not sure it's necessary given Sagaseeker's existing Orthstirr pool.
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One and Many
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Hopefully we get Seidr and Shapecrafting soon.
Because when we do we might be able to infuse our animals with Odr and see what happens.
Better to test on something we can afford to lose.
Also I kind of want to test out seeing if we can weave Odr into otherwise mundane clothes. Like how Halla wove Odr into her Kindle Spinner and in line with Imp's note on how weaving was a traditionally female art.
Because when we do we might be able to infuse our animals with Odr and see what happens.
Better to test on something we can afford to lose.
Also I kind of want to test out seeing if we can weave Odr into otherwise mundane clothes. Like how Halla wove Odr into her Kindle Spinner and in line with Imp's note on how weaving was a traditionally female art.
I mean, the only connection between the two is the Chinese characters.
We don't know what was stolen, but I doubt it would have been sealed and just... Thrown far away.
The assassin scarecrow is definitely the same make though, as the one mentioned in the interlude.
Yes, that's why I discarded that idea under "trust me bro".
But something to help us better convey what we saw?
Hells, we could do it with Orstirr puppetry, but still.... Worth asking Blackhand about that at least.
Memory sharing is probably seidr, sadly
I did not see the plan before posting that, but pouring in power probably don't hurt. And we could expand the orthstirr reserve perhaps?
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Infuse Odr into Poetry?
*Raises finger, lowers finger picture*
That... Huh... Maybe?
The bit about them tying themselves into knots made me think it might be writing of some kind, and a bit of googling does suggest the Norse had their own variants of celtic knot stuff?
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Right. Meaning it's an assassin construct that we lack the ability to command (since that requires knowing Chinese). That's really all I was saying.
Memory sharing definitely seems Seidr-related. Blackhand might actually be cool teaching us a trick to project absolute sincerity when telling the truth, though only if he knew such a thing. I'm now actually pretty tempted to try and see if he does (though likely next turn rather than this one).
We know that overkill on Odr just adds successes to the process...something I hope we don't need with Sten helping (though I could be convinced). I am curious if we can pour in Orthstirr now.
@Imperial Fister since we're doing that with Sten, does he know what pouring orthstirr into crafting without using a trick does, if anything? We'd 100% be willing to spend a bunch of that crafting if it helped.
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I thought we were going to try nalbinding while weaving our saemd and virthing for our research action?
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We can if people prefer, and I'd happily replace the sealwood action. In fact, y'know what, I'll do that right now. Tentatively plan on sealwood and looking at the fish next turn.
That IS the "trust me bro" trick I think is iffy and rather unneeded with the rituals.... But then, I do not know if there is a difference between telling the truth with a trick like that and lying.
But... Oh gods, I AM an idiot....
"Hey, Blackhand, two questions:
Did you saw anything like that sack puppet with blades that you remember?
And is there a trick to help convey what we saw and it's truth better, without robing people of their will. Perhaps something to show them? Could campfire help us with that?"